The UNEP knowledge repository digitally captures, stores, indexes, and disseminates UNEP’s collective intellectual and research output including...
flagships, technical reports, policy briefs and more.
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- Support the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda by providing Member States access to relevant knowledge to influence policy at national, regional and global levels.
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Regional Ocean Governance: A Review of Existing Formalised Cooperation between Regional Seas Organisations and other Intergovernmental Organisations
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-06)The last 20-30 years have seen widespread and repeated calls for enhancing cooperation and coordination in the realm of regional ocean governance. This report provides an overview of existing formalised cooperation between ... -
Programme Performance Report 2022 - Advance Unedited Version as of 30 May 2023
(2023-05)The 2022 Programme Performance Report reflects UNEP’s work to tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity and nature loss and pollution. It is a companion to the 2022 UNEP Annual Report. The 2022-2023 ... -
OzoNews Volume XXIII - 30 May 2023
(2023-05-30)In this issue: 1. Kigali Amendment latest ratifications 2. World Ozone Day 2023 theme announced: Montreal Protocol: fixing the ozone layer and reducing climate change 3. Interim guide for the presentation of stage I ... -
Seaweed Farming: Assessment on the Potential of Sustainable Upscaling for Climate, Communities and the Planet
(2023-06)This report collates and scrutinizes existing research on the quantifiable climate benefits, as well as the associated environmental and social risks and benefits, of global seaweed farming. The scope of the report includes ... -
Human Migration and Natural Resources: Global assessment of an adaptive complex system [Factsheet]
(2023-06)Minerals, arable land, water and energy delivery are key resource drivers of human mobility. While an abundance of these resources can attract immigration, resource scarcity can either trap populations or lead to emigration ... -
Human Migration and Natural Resources: Global assessment of an adaptive complex system - Summary for Policymakers
(2023-06)This executive summary distils the key messages from a nuanced analysis of a topic that is inherently discursive. There is no unified account of the migration-resource nexus but rather a multifaceted set of scenarios and ... -
Human Migration and Natural Resources: Global assessment of an adaptive complex system
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2023-06)The report uses a hybrid, interdisciplinary approach based on a range of methods and varied data sources, with a view to producing a significant and globally relevant assessment of the relationship between resource management ... -
Report of the Eighth Meeting of the Executive Board of the Special Programme - Draft
(2023-05)The eighth meeting of the Executive Board of the Special Programme to support institutional strengthening at the national level for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) conventions, the Minamata ...